Went ahead twice and showed enough resilience to make other title contenders think there's a reason why Celtic have dominated Scottish football recently. Ray: On the Celtic sending off, Martin O'Neill is correct. Auston Trusty deserved a yellow, it's not a clear goalscoring opportunity and another defender is tracking back.
We asked for your views on 10-man Celtic's thrilling 2-2 draw with Hearts on Sunday.
Here's what some of you said:
Norman: Celtic showed real grit to deny Hearts a home win despite a red card. Went ahead twice and showed enough resilience to make other title contenders think there's a reason why Celtic have dominated Scottish football recently.
Ray: On the Celtic sending off, Martin O'Neill is correct. Auston Trusty deserved a yellow, it's not a clear goalscoring opportunity and another defender is tracking back. The referee was correct but VAR interferes. VAR is refereeing games, and that's not what it was introduced for.
Border Bhoy: The referee made the correct call, a yellow card for Trusty, before VAR interfered, resulting in Steven McLean presumably feeling pressure to change his decision and red card Trusty. There was a Celtic defender beyond Trusty and the pass was heading in the direction of the corner flag, with the ball not under the control of a Hearts player. That decision cost Celtic victory. Having said that, a draw was probably a fair result but also reinforced the fact Celtic still need to strengthen in this transfer window if we want to retain the league title.
Fred: I thought that on the balance of play a draw was a fair result. I don't believe the second equaliser was anything to do with the sending off. I was more concerned because both goals we conceded came from a corner and a free-kick. We must tighten up in central defence. The sending off was not only of the soft variety but also was influenced by John Beaton on VAR encouraging the referee to have a second look at the incident. There was nothing blatant in the challenge, the ball was going away from goal, we had another player covering, so there was absolutely no guarantees that a goal would have resulted had Trusty not touched him as briefly as he did. O'Neill has a tough task on his hands to turn this around. More signings required ASAP, but Tomas Cvancara shaped well considering it was his first game in two months apparently.
Peter: Let's be realistic. With the level of ambition shown by the board we will finish third at best in league. That is a true reflection of the players currently at our club. Our failure to sign a goalscoring forward says a lot. There is no progress. We simply cannot beat what is in front of us with the players we have. It is not rocket science. O'Neill should walk if he is not given a quality centre-forward. Even then it may be too late.
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